186I_Tom Bosschaert, the founder and director of Except Integrated Sustainability

"Make things that both work for today while they can become the bricks in the foundation of how we operate our cities of tomorrow." Are you interested in sustainability as resilience, harmony, and wellbeing? What do you think about integrated sustainability? How can we learn from the past for a better future? Interview with Tom Bosschaert, the founder and director of Except Integrated Sustainability. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, stages of grief in sustainability, Orchid City, the City of Hope, and many more. Tom is the founder and director of Except Integrated Sustainability, and the visionary force behind its development. He is also the chairman of the Environment Committee of the World Institute for Change Management and Innovation (WICMI) in Switzerland. Tom founded Except at the age of 19 in 1999 with a mission to find systemic solutions for our societal challenges by combining science, business, design, and communication. In the past decades, he has developed several hundred projects globally, for groundbreaking sustainable cities, buildings, business, policy, and industry. Tom’s vision shows that we can flourish globally when we simultaneously integrate environmental, societal, economical, and technical aspects in our society. He is a frequent keynote speaker, and author of the Symbiosis in Development (SiD) framework and books. Find out more about Tom through these links: Tom Bosschaert on LinkedIn; @Tom_Bosschaert as Tom Bosschaert on X; Except Integrated Sustainability website; Symbiosis in Development at Except; Symbiosis in Development website; Tom Bosschaert at Except with podcast links; Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.105 - Interview with Richard Morrison about NEOM; No.184 - Interview with Alby Bocanegra about the 24h city; No.185R - Systems thinking as a paradigm shift for sustainability transformation; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay